Finding Encrypted Stored Procedures–#SQLNewBlogger
I had a client ask about how to deal with encrypted stored procedures in their database. This post looks at how to find them and I’ll have future posts...
2023-08-09
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The Voice of the DBA
T-SQL Tuesday #165–Job Titles
This T-SQL Tuesday is from a new host, Josephine Bush, leader of the Boulder group just North of me. It’s an interesting invitation, asking what our job titles really...
2023-08-08
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A Multitude of Summary Views in SQL Compare 15
A client asked for a summary of changes, so I wrote a post to show where to find this in SQL Compare 15. As I was checking out the...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-08-07)
211 reads
100 Days to the Data Community Summit Keynote
The start of learning at the 2023 PASS Data Community Summit is 100 days away. I checked. The Summit starts for many of us on Monday with precons or...
2023-08-07
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Copilot Experiments: A little PowerShell help
It’s been a little while since I’ve had time to relax a bit and try some AI help. This is another experiment I made. A user on SSC asked...
2023-09-01 (first published: 2023-08-04)
244 reads
A New Word: Idlewild
idlewild – adj. feeling grateful to be stranded in a place where you can’t do much of anything, which temporarily alleviates the burden of being able to do anything...
2023-08-04
13 reads
Things I Carry in My Travel Bag
A friend asked me for some travel tips and ideas recently. One of their questions was on what types of things do I actually carry on the road, both...
2023-08-03
23 reads
Finding Identity Columns–#SQLNewBlogger
I had to find a set of identity columns recently and through this would make a good blog post. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves...
2023-08-25 (first published: 2023-08-02)
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Getting a Summary of Changes in SQL Compare 15
A client asked for a summary of changes, so I wrote this quick post to show where to find this in SQL Compare 15. If you use SQL Compare,...
2023-08-18 (first published: 2023-07-31)
176 reads
A New Word: Fitzcarraldo
fitzcaraldo – n. a random image that becomes lodged deep in your brain – maybe washed there by a dream, or smuggled inside a book, or planted during a...
2023-07-28
18 reads
Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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